Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner

2:00 pm

Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

It is going well and has been successful. At the moment, we have just under 1,000 reserves in situ. The reserve is very important and has an interesting representation of people from Albania to Zimbabwe. We have a number of different countries and perspectives represented on the force. It brings good diversity. We are focused on reigniting the recruitment campaign for the Garda Reserve, ensuring we reach into hard-to-reach communities to encourage people to join the reserve to build the trust and confidence in An Garda Síochána, and, hopefully, give people an insight so that they will come and join the full-time organisation.